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Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-16
An Aged Roekkeeper,s Fall.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.-Joseph Knight, bookkeeper of the Manufacturers National bank on Third street above Market, was talk en before United States Commissioner Ed wards this afternoon charged with stealing from the funds of the bank between $60, ,000 and $70,000. Knight has been bookkeeper of the Manufacturers' bank for thirty-fve years and has been appropriating it's money for twenty-five years it is said. He has been considered trustworthy man. John w. Mofiey, president of the bank, said he first discovered the books were being falsifed on the 9th of this month, the balance sheet not coming out correct within about $20, 900. MT. Knight is about sixty years old.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-16
East Rock L1ne-winter Ar.

rang geEnent.
 A TIER Monday, Nov. 14th, the regular daily A trips to the Park will be discontinued. In- stead special trips will be made for parties of six or more at any hour. Orders left at Klock's Drug Store promptly attended to. Parties called for and left anywhere in the city. Round trip 40c. Small additional charge for less than six n10 w. H. DOOLITTLE, Prop.
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think. but $40 savsNofe. NJ aotrrt "
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OF such man dear iricnd &l,cV Is
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What Mr.. Kitchen Thinks the Legisla-
ture is Doing.
From Scotland Neck DemOcrat.1

We see bills have been introduced to re-
peal the county government system, the
no fence laws in Halifax and Warren, to
abolish the Board OF Education, to repeal
the lien laws, the homestead law, and we
believe to abolish the Bible, to pass the
Blair Bill, to repeal the tax on tobacco,
whiskey and beer, and to set up king
dom in the moon and connect it with the
earth by streak of creased lightning,
and then build railroad thereto out of
electricity and run the cars thereon with
the rays of the sun, with Richmond Pear
son as conductor and Webster as chief
fireman. We speak for transportation for
all the Independents on the first through
train.
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THE MASONS.
The Newly Elected Officer of this An.
cient Order.

cient Order.
The Masons held their annual meeting
in Raleigh last week. 1t was gatheri
of good and genial men. We were pleased
TO receive call from some of them The
following officers were elected for the en-
suring year:
c. H. Robinson, of Wilmington, Grand
Master; Sam1 H. Smith, of Winston,
Deputy Grand Master; II. \. Gudger. Of
Ashevlle, Senor Grand Warden; John W.
Gotten, of Tarboro Junior Grand Warden;
". E. Anderson, of Raleigh. Grand Treas
urer; ID. " Balm, of Raleigh, Grand Sec
retary; Wright G. Campbell, of Concord,
Grand Chaplain; Alphcus W. Wood, of
New bern, Senior Grand Deacon; William
n. Benton, Smithfield Junior Grand Dea-
con; Francis NJ. Moye. Moyton, Wilson
county, Grand Marshall; A. B. Dougstrey
Seaboard Grand Sword Bearer: Charles F.
Gilbert, l. icester. Buncombe county,
Grand Pursuivant; 4. II. Bradley. Raj
eigh. Grand Tiler; A. Q. Edison, Tul 5,
Currituck county. Grand Steward; Mar
maduke ]. wkins, of Raleigh. Grand
Steward.
Charters were granted to four lodges;
one at Siler City. one in Randolph county,
one at Morehead City one at Paint Fork
Madison county.
with membership Of between 1000 and
5000.
Mr.. F. H. Busbee, the retiring Grand
Master, was presented with beautiful
gold headed cane by the Grand Lodge.
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| Re published by Request
Death of Dr. Niicy.

From the News Observcr.l
have heard with deep regret of the
death OF that good and useful man Calvin
II. Wiley | had known him intimately
for forty five years. In my press spcec4
IN Winston in June, 1881, ] thus spoke Of
him:
1.-The old town Of oxford has witnessed
the training Of such men as Goodloc. vi
ley and Kingsbury, the latter now the
scholarly editor Of the Wilmington Star
Mr. Goodloe is one of the ablest writers in
this country, and Calvin II. Wiley needs
no euloyy from any one. | say PLAIN Cal
vim II. " ley, for no title could add weight
to his name. He has probably done more
for the cause OF letters in this State. and
more by tongue and pen for the education
Of people, of all ages, than any other liy-
ing man
do not know Mr.. Wiley's age, but sup
pose it was about sixty eight. For the
last twenty years he had labored with
much accepiabiity and success as a min
ister of the gospel Six months ago. in
the First Presbyterian church III this city.
| heard from him A very able and earnest
sermon on the Importance Of the circula-
ton throughout the world Of the Word Of
God. He was then in good health, and
robust for man'of his age.
r On the first day Of January, 1911, APP
fpcarcd before the Supreme Court Of this
State with Mr.. Wiley and twenty other
young men, to be examined for license to
practice law in the County Courts. The
Court consisted at that time Of Chief jus
tice Ruffin, Judge J. J. Daniel and Judge
William Castor.
The Judges sat III Mr.. Gaston's bed
room, which was then, as now, on the cor
ner Of the lot of Mrs. Taylor on Hargett
+ Il f.A ia, bay
| January %. 1874. The examination oc-
cup.ed about two hours, and was very
| strict. Mr.. Wiley acquitted himself re-
markably well. remember An incident
which relieved the class for some minutes
/ from the rigid strain Of the examination.
! Judge CASTOR had asked me a question as
/ TO the condition Of an estate in tail in a
I. certain event. | answered. Judge q.
said, young man, that i correct. Judge
Daniel said, Brother Castor, am not so
. sure of that" And this led 10 discus
sion between them which continued 10 the
edfication Of the class, bat the point was
not determined and remains so to this day.
Mr.. Wiley was Whig and ! was a
Democrat but | Was MS friend without
regard 10 party, and uniformly and warm
" supported him as superintendent OF
| common schools | was q member of the
Board of Literature for four years under
Gov. REID, and for three years under Gov.
Bragg, which board was connected with
Mr.. Wiley's work, and had therefore the
best opportunity Of knowing how Jealous
and how industrious and faithful he wa.
in his important Office. l was with him
and with Professor Phillips and host Of
others, the friends of education at War
renton, in 1857. where and when the Edu
cational State Convention was held,
addressing the convention by previous ap
pointment; and l was also with him il
1859, at Newbern and Beaufort, where
the State Educational Convention a.afr
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We Second the Motion.
from Oxford Torch Light. |

During the last session of General AS
sembly Mr. Pou. of Johnston. introduced
a bill to reduce the tax on the marriage
license. which failed to become q law, be-
iny defeated in the Senate. We advocated
the passage of the law, and even expressed
ourselves in strong terms IN opposition to
any tax or charge being male for the
license The present Legislature we trust
will enact law repeating this unjust tax
and require Registers of Deeds to furnish
marriage licenses free of charge to all ap-
plicants who are legally entitled thereto.
Marriage is religious duty, and de-
wolves upon all good citizens, with rare
exception, and any tax is contrary to the
genius of Republican form of government
Other States adjacent to North Carolina
have either abolished the tax or greatly
reduced it, We hope our legislators will
give proper attention to the matter during
the present session.
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SECOND SESSION.

The Farmers Convention met again at
8 O'Clock Wednesday, Presiden; French in
the chair
Mr. McRae, of Robson, thought that if
individuals desired to engage in the oys er
business they ought to do SO without ex-
pense 20 the State The Agricultural De-
partEent ought to be continued SO that
our people be not defrauded by buying
fraudulent fertiliz rs He moved that this
meeting appoint a committee to meet with
the Farmers Convention on the 2eth and
formulate plans for the good of the farm
ers. He wanted man to go into every
county in the State to organize county
agricultural associations and try to secure
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Repeal the Common Railroad Charter,

Special Cor. STATE CHEosIcLFl
When the Legislature meets, il should
at once repeal what is known a. the com
mon railroad charter. No man, or com
Iany, should be permitted 10 survey, CON-
mence Or build a railroad Of any length or
character whatever as they please, tx The
amount Of Its capital stock, and the length
OF time. he charter Is 10 remain In force.
Every road should DE- built under A char
ter granted by the legislature. defining
the place where the road is to start, u to
. run. and where II shall terminate The
capital sto= x should never exceed twenty
five thousaud dollar per mile; nor should
any road eTer b. alIoaed by issuing mort
gage bonds, debentur"-. preferred stock
or otherwise 10 create debt To greater
amount than half the capital stock This.
the highes: and most important preroga-
tive Of the state, should not b. handed
over 70 any one OF more men. rich CT poor,
living IN or out II the state.
All charters OF railroads or other aggre-
gate corporatIons should be 40 guarded as
70 protect the individual stockholders and
/ SO as 10 prevent them from being froze
T out for the benefit of a fayOrite few az is
/ now almost uniformly the case. Unless
J this is done, there - 10 encoare '.o-rr a':
+ for counties, townships, towns, or private
stockholders u subscribe 10 the capital
stock Of any road hereafter TO be built
+ Nor is il likely that wc viii sec any more
+ roads built that will benefit the public As
+ they might be made do.
4. <
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During the rrogrcs- of the campaign In
iiaructt county ia October. the frpubli
can candidate Tor the s,uatc appealed 10
the patriotism al h,s h,,rcr. b, quot.n.
tho we'll known lines
%, Caledonia stern a-.a Wild
Meek muse - "a poetic chiid "
substituting "Carolua" FOR Caledonia
Mr. fhos. ". Harrington tho Demo.
cratic candidate for thv House of Repre-.
sen,ativcs, ha, not loss 81 patriottsm
than the Republican aul hc replied. not
hy quoting from great poets, but b, court.
inS the muse and repeating the following
hncs of his own compo= ,Jon}
Carolina, the pride of ms l,o.a,n
Caroline, the land Of tie free
Carolina the land ut my f-thers
carolina, my song IN oi thee
From Mitchell the pride = the mountain,
To ialteras, the dread ~ The sea
lhc sunshine of liberty tddon.
And tyranny tremblcs VA thee
Her honor IN high the summit
of Nltcheli--her ioftie,i peak
Her Vlgor il that of the Ynan
Her spirit ~ that of the creek
Her daughters are brishi Is the suu.hius
hat gladdcns the hiil. 4 tho We
Ana tnir ~ the rose OF IL. valley
Ihet blashrs and biuou OH her breast
On her vine clad sands 81 he OCEAN
here Ma leo greeted lc white~
as laid the hTst arches lpirc
And freedom looked dow i from it, height.
she felt the first tread of he Anxl.
And saxon To people Il land
Iho rude was the welco - she gave therp.
And rough the fierce &c on her strand
What tho the grim hand Il disaster
swept over the island ud sea
There e's ever charm Ia ae story
That tells OF IA Raleigh lo me
IN mystery deep and unf homed
Aud dark ~ the depth II the sea
More mute than the syn pol- AZ Egypt
II "Croatnnf carved o. a tree.
Did they die as The legiois Of Warns
or perish of famine more dread
VIII never he known till the ocean
ls lnade To deliver it's dtail.
On her shore by the sweep of the bllloy..
W here the sea gullA xle their cries
The babe ~ the Angle Had saxon
lrst opened her innocent eyes.
Aud saw the foundations ~ empire.
SnrpaaaiuR ihe grandeur ot Rome
Now spauned By archca 81 glory
a wonder FOR ages 10 cutnr
Away with Tie soatAle.s iusulter
Her honor would sullN aud stain
The stone bat the builders rejected.
Is the beauty and strength of her fame
she was first in the 0.tttl4. for freedom.
lrst To close tyranny gates.
tifst ~ the hcarts Of her children.
\ pillar of cloud IA the S ate~
From the lakes Of the North she has battied
Wherever her captains have led
To the gates Of the MonfrZurnas
And numbers by thousands her dead
sublime as her martial glory
she asks an uusnding release
That the shouts of her captains forever
he husbed In the anthems Of peace
i he east ana the west united
By bard Of iron ant steel.
And doctors Of plogrces excited
Her pulse j. beginning to feel.
fiainlefs are sprDglng Ike magic
The deserts, beginning to bloom
The "trip OF land South - Virginia
J. humming with spindle and loom
Then forward aud upward our motto
And never look backward nor stop
The base Of the summit tho crowded
i ncyer SO full at the top.
Hurrah. Carolina. foretei,
glorious destiny waits
Carol ma, the cradle Of freedom
\ pillar OF cloud "a the states.
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WOMAN AND THE BALLOT.

In the December number of The Forum
is a readable article on ''Woman's Legal
Right to the Ballot from the pen of Fran
els Minor The article consists largely of
quotations from the Z. S. Supreme Court
decisions which seem to prove the PROPOSE
ii n: that the right of citizenship given by
the constitution carries with it the right
clared that ''all persons born and natula-
lized in the United States and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof are citizens Of the
United States, and of the State in which
they reside There is no reference to
sex and it is undisputed and indisputabe
that woman is a citizen. Nhen the ne
gro was made citizen he was not at first
given the ballot, but the Supreme Court
said: 1.-The negro having, by the Four
teenth Amendment, been declared to be
made voter in every State in the Union. !"
If so Of former slave why not of a woman!
But the Supreme Court, IN case from
Missouri decided that State legislatures
decide who shall vote In 1882 the court
decided that an alien widow, who married
a naturalized citizen, thereby transmitted
the right of citizenship to her alien son.
The author inveighs against allowing a
woman to transmit right which she her
self does not possess. Every woman VINO
has son, native here, foreign or natu-
rallied, does this 1t occurs to the CHRoN-
ICLE that this is Il very weak point IN a
yery interesting article chiefly interest
ing because it gives quotations from the
great lights on the constitution, and raises
a new question which IS to vex our coun-
try for many years.
In addition to producing some strong
authorities to prove the position taken:
that women already have the legal right
to the ballot and are unlawfully deprived
of it, the author shows that in the State OF
New Jersey in every election from 1915 to
1907 women voted, and that they voted &c
adopt the very Constitution which the
Supreme Court says does not give thell
! females descendants the right to vote.
| They voted twice for Washington, twice
| for jefferson, and once for John Adams
and then the right was denied them.
There are very few readers of the CHRoNT
Gle, we presume, who were aware of the
fact that the Jersey women of century
ago marched up with their fathers and
husbands and voted their sentiments
most probably the sentiments of the faith
er. husband or sweetheart. Think wha
a turmoil this country would be in if wife
and husband should oppose each othel
| for the same position
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In the death of DR.. Wiley, which oc-
Cured at his home in Winston on the 12th
instant, the State loses one of her best
informed citizens and one of her most de-
voted sons. Few men were better known
among North Carollnians and few knew
more of the resources Of our State or were
more jealous of her honor. DR.. Wiley
was in his GSth year. and, almost to the
very last, he was as vigorous and active
as most men are at forty.
He was an aumnus OF the University,
and had for several years been one of its
most attentive Trustees. When young
man he obtained license to practice law,
served several terms in the Legi Stature
and afterwards became North Cardinals
first Superintendent of common schools,
which pos ton he held about thirteen
years--till 1865. In the meantime he had
been licensed to preach and afterwards
his Alma Mater conferred the degree of
D. D. on him. DR.. Wiley was we'll known
for his energy and earnestness in what
ever he undertook, but his strongest in
clinations seemed to be towards public
education.
At his death he was Chairman of the
Board of Graded School Commissioners of
Winston and was one of the strongest
friends of Winston and her schools. His
novel ''Alamance' and his North Carolina
reader are well known and entitle their
author to the grateful remembrance of
our people.
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The CHRONICLE has received many com
pliments but never one which it appreciat
ed more han the following from the reg
uar correspondent of the Atlanta Consti-
tuition. Recently Fanny Fanchaw wrote
critcizing the newspapers for publishing
articles not Of a proper character. Com
mentng on the article S. G. q. writes:
what possible good can come from
reading of crimes and the filthy lives Of
criminals! Yet the newspapers make
ves-well, perfect carrion crows.
| have thought of trying to secure copy
of every paper published in the United
States to see if it was strange fatality
that brought all the dirty ones in my way
Few papers could publish Fanny Fan
chaw's piece without condemning them
selves | do know one, a secular paper
too that could. The STATE CHRONICLE,
published at Raleigh, n. G. Do not think
| am working for that paper. | am not
at all interested in it, except as | am IN
everything | know to be good. do wish
it went in every house in America. for 1T
is a paper for ladies and gentlemen to
read. No mother need put it into the CRATE,
for fear her children should read it. Honor
to the man who dares publish clean pa
pei.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-01-20

- A civil service examination vii! be
held in Raleigh on Thursday, the goth
instant.
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place in the hands Of one man, however
able and upright he is, and the question
Of referring the matter of pardons to a
Board of three or five ought to be consid-
cred in all its lights by the conscientious
and faithful legislator.
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paring the rrogrcs- az the campaign In
haructt county ln October the krpuhli.
can candidate for the Senate nppcaici 10
the ratriotlen al Ia, ht.,rcrs hy quoting
tho we'll known lines
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-12

All along the coast of Brittany the
people are for the most part miserably
poor. They live almost exclusively by
fishing, and fish, it seems are not to be
relied on any more than men. Their
habits are most irregular: they take a
fancy to a certain locality and then they
leave il; they are creatures always of
fresh excitement and adventure. This is
especially the case with sardines, upon
which thousands of Breton fishermen
mainly rely Sardines can hardly be
termed globe trotters, but they are never
theless inveterate tourists. While indulg-
ing their passion for roaming, they thor
oughly believe in the advantages Of social
intercourse; consequently, when they
travel there are millions of them together
Some Years ago they freqented the Brit
tany coast in such numbers and with such
regularity that capitalists set up manu-
factories in various places for preserving
these fish in oil. Thus they have been
distributed all over the world in those
boxes which are TO be found i'll every am
bilious dust heap.
Both alive and dead il is the destiny of
the sardine Ia travel For some unac-
countablc reason the sardIne has during
the last two or three seasons turned up its
very fastidious nose at Brittany, and in
stead of stopping At every bay ON the coast,
as formerly, has passed on to other
regions. 1t is said that the coast of Portu-
gal has been the one most highly favored
by the vagrant and capricious fish since
the poor Brittany fishermen have been
throwing up their hands in despair or
Iervently praying for the return Of the
sardines. This year the prospect is much
more cheerful.-Cor. Boston Transcript.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-12
A story of Two DOGS.

A family fond of pets and superior TO
hydrophobic apprehensons had reduced
their stock of household animals some
time ago TO two. One was a Scotch ter
rier, young and of rare excellence and
value, having easily taken prizes at bench
shows. The other was a black and tan,
well on in life. / may not he entirely
right in this description, but preciseness
of classification is not essential TO the
effect of the narrative. The ''twa dogs"
were constant companions, and exhibited
a strong mutual fondness. The Scotch
suddenly sickened and died. That he
was missed by his aged friend was evi-
dent. The family sent the deceased to a
taXidermist, who treated him so skillfully
that the figure, sitting in a lifelike posi-
ton. would at first glance deceive the
most intimate acquaintance Of the living
animal.
When the work Of restorative art was
sent home and the black and tan was let
into the room where il had been placed,
he manifested the liveliest joy, rushing up
to the Scotch and kissing her in canine
fashion and finally lying down by her side
to sleep, according TO his habit. For a
long time he refused TO 90 to his meals
substantial sacrifice, as his appetite was
extremely good-because she wcal0 not
accompany him and his food had TO be
brought to him. Finally, having ap-
parently turned the matter over in what
serves dogs for n mind, about which we
really know so little, he suddenly aban-
doned the case, weEt about his own buSi-
ness and paid no further attention to the
irresponsive Scctch.-Brooklyn Eagle.